The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-05
SCIENCE AT WORK.
NOTHING IN THE WORLD UNWORTHY
IT'S NOTICE AND ANALYSIS

vaIa,tIess pestructiveDc of Note"
IcopocIast-Sems Important Dlsc"'e'
t.-tucent v., to Crime often Found IN
Neurotic Conditions.
T. i curious that science finds nothing I'M
worthy its notice and analysis IL e'lua"J
concern. itself with poyp and ~ un'erso'
it measures siderial spaces ana aPpiles i.a
tana limo TO tho expansion of the aincoei J.
concerns itself with the colorS OF the liheS VI
Sirius and tine coInponents of rudimentaIy !
ORGAN i'm n MOSQUITO 1t affords us essays On /
food. il devotes itself TO study oI nutrluoh,
it analyzes inebri.ty; it takes coGnizance Oh
atoms molecules the utility oil the Wings Vi
q hat and the superstitiOns OF the ignorant
In some late papers Felix Oowaid-a ire
mendous breaker of image1-ahhih.ia.e9 ."o
nrevalent belief that "a monkey has lhlila'iI0
focul+ies and sneers down contemporary
the time honored belief that II an ape sees ',lS
master shaving himself no will attempJaO Lne
first opportunity TO do the same tnlhg. iio
.a,-. ,,ith scoru. that lit would hardly he al
overestiuate to say that 9J9 OF l,VOO Ileh
rersi,t in the belief that monkeys nave
| noes;on for the imitation of their two-hahdcd
tjnsmen - With equal relentleSsneSs he "e-
etrovs the beautiful parrot beliefs BY assert
;ng that under 10 circumstances Whatever
dos this loouacious bird attach any meaning
TO what it says, and it simply repcae'-t
does not talk. "They rehearso phrases as
CO., ,yorld a time. and one might Cs well
credit q telephone with the ability TO originate
a logical combination of words.
OTHER DELUSIONS.
1.tfa
Tho ALLEGED serpent charm is also delu-
sion and so is the joint snake ana HoSL Vi
! the other beliefs of the world III regaru "
many animals and their habits.
, Another innovation is one that relates "
G inebriety in various forms, AM which' IL ac-
cented will revoutionize the moral teacninoS
If the church and sender necessary a revision
S of our criminal practice. DR.. CrotheFs nE
}, discovered new incentives to crime whlch III
y not in the total depravity of the human SUD
;oct but in peurotic conditions. Many ol
; lenses are the consequence or diSeaaeu hei '''
. and as such should be treated as IS sh'diiPo-
and other maladies, and not by ponce oiiicc'
iudces. and striped suits in penileh1iaileS H.
D. lie has found four classes Of "lnebrlate man
q ocs The first and second OF these lncluu
the neonle who commit murders, assaults an
a
narcotics Such victim is in most cases
~ aneurotic by inheritance. In other Woru'' !
wos born with "a defective BRAN anu oi o"i
K ism and both growth and culture uaFo Oee
& imperfect. Any general history ol tl9 q IN ~
h reveals delirium, halluclnatloh'' oei"'io'
and maniacal impulses"
THE THIRD CLASS.
An examination Of the third class Oh IL i
z hriate maniacs" is Of the greatest interest l
. tho reason that it explains present cohulII
of afYairs that has been either grossly mlsuliu'
stood or else profound mystery lriS o'o
;s comnosed of men who for years have
,R c,nied respe, table positions in comiil'ili'
who have been unexceptionable III theh IN
mn 70 a certain period, when they nave 81 ~
daplv committed some gross onense' -
covers the cases Of defauting bank preside
o,,d cashiers. and trusted clerks "Harul.
year passes" says Crothers, that OaHN
dofaulters forgers, and swindlers DO hoV
. ,,oo,. among men whose previous charac
" c,i,,on no intimation OF such care
Wien their secret history is known, tno
IF alcohol. opium, and other drugs Is louiiC
", commonn 1t is impossible at this pom,
folloyv this new scientific discovery lilVo d"
IET 1etails Suffice it Mt present tha1 INC 'Oii'
sion from this state Of things, if generally
oonted will be TO the effect that runa'
ted. coshier. a "boodle" alderman, and the IKE
lace Of being moral are neurotlc Grimm
rae and their acts, in place Of being the re'u,
Al depraved nature, are due 70 daiiao0'
- ordinating brain centels.
Tbese offences being OF psychologist
stasd Of a moral character, they cahiio'
treated by the pulpit or the bench ouo ', i =
ne taken in charge of by experts Ill lne u
agement of the insane. In TACT II 'n'5
,ring theory be true, the jails bride"eiiS ana
made tontiaries should at once be changed ihIo
ears ears ums for the treatment Of ineoriate man
at at alas fugitves across the Canadian oorue
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